Savings in education: 3 pillars
Our most important winning card for the future are our youth, hence the importance of clear recommendations towards government and education policy.
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Savings in education: 3 pillars
Our most important winning card for the future are our youth, hence the importance of clear recommendations towards government and education policy.
Higher education: end the tuition-fee fetishism
Jean Hindriks and Laurent Hanseeuw counter the current fetishism that surrounds the university tuition-fees. They recall that universities are underfinanced and students with modest backgrounds are the first victims thereof. They plead for an open debate on the refinancing of higher education.
Gifted children, unused potential
At the moment, the attention paid to the wasted talents that are the exceptionally gifted children who got through the stitches of the net increases slightly. However, it is still very likely that a large number of them will drop out somehow during the school year 2008-2009.
Female scientists, IT specialists and engineers, why so few?
The number of female IT specialists, scientists and engineers remains low. The Itinera Institute offers a platform to Carl Van Keirsbilck, who studied the causes, and formulates clear recommendations towards government and education.
Skipping a year at school: beyond the myths
Our education system needs to focus on gaining skills, not on every pupil achieving a certain level of skills. Minimal standards do make sense, but we need to be aware that a certain group has already got the required level in the beginning of the school year.
Why is there a gap between Flemish and French-speaking schools?
Hindriks and Verschelde review the possible reasons for the regional divergence in educational attainments. They suggest that the gap between Flemish and French-speaking pupils can be compared to the difference between girls and boys in learning attitudes and motivations.
